SSP’s virtual event recap: Seeking Sustainability: Publishing Models for an Open Access Age - April 17, 2020
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) presented its virtual large-scale virtual event, ‘Seeking Sustainability: Publishing Models for an Open Access Age,’ on April 2, 2020. This event was originally scheduled as an in-person event in conjunction with the UKSG Annual Meeting (planned for Brighton, UK), but… Read More
Society for Standards Professionals postpones 69th Annual SES Conference to 2021 - April 14, 2020
The Society for Standards Professionals (SES) has announced that the 69th Annual SES Conference has been postponed to 2021. The location will remain Charleston, SC and the SES website will be updated shortly with the new dates and logistics. The SES is evaluating options to… Read More
AUPresses 2020 Annual Meeting cancelled, plans for a virtual event in June - April 9, 2020
The Association of University Presses (AUPresses) Board of Directors has made the difficult decision to cancel the AUPresses 2020 Annual Meeting, scheduled to be held June 13-15 in Seattle, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The possible risks to the safety and health of the attendees, as… Read More
SPIE develops interactive conference space using its SPIE Digital Library platform in response to the global COVID-19 situation - April 7, 2020
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, will be holding its inaugural Digital Forum during the week of April 6-10. SPIE Photonics Europe 2020, which was set to run in Strasbourg, France, from March 29 to April 2, will now be held completely online via… Read More
Society for Scholarly Publishing Cancels 42nd Annual Meeting due to the global COVID-19 pandemic - April 3, 2020
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) has announced that the 42nd Annual Meeting originally scheduled for May 27-29, 2020, in Boston, MA, has been canceled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The health and safety of all SSP meeting participants are of the utmost importance, and… Read More
ConTech 2020 extends call for speakers - March 26, 2020
In light of the current global situation, ConTech 2020 is extending the call for speakers to April 21, 2020. ConTech 2020 has reduced the requirements on the form to allow a quick and easy submission. ConTech 2020, which is scheduled to take place from December… Read More
HTRC calls for proposals for Spring 2020 ACS Program - March 26, 2020
The HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC) is calling for proposals for its Advanced Collaborative Support (ACS) Program, a scholarly service offering collaboration between researchers and HTRC staff to solve challenging problems related to computational analysis of the HathiTrust corpus. For this round of projects, HTRC will… Read More
SSP announces 2020 virtual event, ‘Seeking Sustainability: Publishing Models for a Virtual Age’ - March 25, 2020
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) has announced that it is offering previously scheduled UKSG Pre-Conference Seminar, ‘Seeking Sustainability: Publishing Models for an Open Access Age,’ as a Virtual Event - happening April 2, from 10:00-12:00 pm ET. For those who were disappointed for not… Read More
Registration Opens for the Editorial Manager User Group Meeting (EMUG 2020) - March 18, 2020
Aries Systems is inviting current and prospective users of Editorial Manager® and ProduXion Manager® to register and attend the 18th annual Editorial Manager User Group Meeting (EMUG 2020), on June 11-12th, 2020 at the Courtyard Marriott Boston Downtown Hotel in Boston, MA.… Read More
Copyright Clearance Center and MassBio host ‘Ask the Experts’ program on accessing, sharing, and managing scientific literature - March 11, 2020
Copyright advancing company Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC) hosted an ‘Ask the Experts’ program together with MassBio, a not-for-profit organisation that represents and provides services and support for the world’s leading life sciences supercluster. The interactive Q&A session addressed how life science organisations find, access, share… Read More
